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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

