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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown