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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

