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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

