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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
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...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluthโs west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindstrรถm. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Donโt...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

