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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
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...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...

